Netflix Posts $1.9 Billion Turnover in U.K., Up 12% From Previous Year

Netflix is gearing up for the holiday season!

It wouldn’t be that time of year without a new Lifetime-looking Xmas movie to warm your heart a little bit. Is it a movie, is it a film, or is it content? It’s hard to say, but Netflix’s “Best Christmas Ever” releases globally on Netflix on November 16, and it looks a bit standard-issue, tbh.

No Hard Feelings starring Jennifer Lawrence has topped the Netflix film chart in the US.Directed by Gene Stupnitsky (Jury Duty), the raunchy comedy follows 32-year-old Uber driver Maddie (Lawrence) who answers an advert to date a shy 19-year-old called Percy (Andrew Barth Feldman) in order to boost his confidence before college.The film released in cinemas in June and faced mixed reviews, with some questioning the age gap between the two lead characters.No Hard Feelings has since arrived on Netflix US as of Sunday (October 22), where it has topped the streaming platform’s film chart after two days (October 24).“A breath of fresh air to see Jennifer Lawrence do something light and different,” one viewer wrote on X. “No Hard Feelings is fun, charming and easy to like. But newcomer Andrew Feldman stole the show.

Revenues at Spotify jumped by 11% last quarter as the audio giant was able to stem the flow of operating losses from Q2.

Peyton Manning, LeBron James and Michelle and Barack Obama are looking to team up with Netflix for an NBA docuseries modeled after Quarterback.

Pete Holmes has lined up his next comedy special, dropping Tuesday on Netflix.

Prince Wilhelm (Edvin Ryding) and Simon (Omar Rudberg) enjoy a private moment in the first look at Season 3 of Netflix’s Young Royals – Just Jared Jr One guest at Kim Kardashian‘s birthday party has some fans surprised – Celebitchy Here’s everything we know about Taylor Swift‘s budding friendship with Brittany Mahomes – Popsugar Have you seen all 10 of the best Disney Channel Original Movies? – Just Jared Jr

Netflix just in time for Halloween.A24’s Talk To Me film, which earned 94 per cent on Rotten Tomatoes following glowing reviews from critics, follows Mia (Sophie Wilde) – a young woman who becomes embroiled with the supernatural following a séance with an embalmed hand.After she and a group of teens come into the possession of a mummified hand, they believe it supposedly connects them with spirits when a seance is performed. When connected to the hand for no longer than 90 seconds, users experience a drug-like high, leading to the teens taking turns to use it.Directed by Danny and Michael Philippou in their feature directorial debut, Talk To Me also stars Alexandra Jensen as Jade, Joe Bird as Riley, Otis Dhanji as Daniel, Miranda Otto as Sue, Zoe Terakes as Hayley and Chris Alosio as Joss.The film, which originally premiered at the Adelaide Film Festival in 2022 before arriving in cinemas earlier this year, will arrive on Netflix this week.

Angelique Jackson Tyler Perry has formalized a new creative partnership with Netflix to write, direct and produce feature films under a multi-year, first-look deal. The pact spans eight pictures over four years. Perry already has five films under his belt at the streamer: “A Fall From Grace,” “A Madea Homecoming,” the period drama “A Jazzman’s Blues” (his longtime passion project produced from his first screenplay, written 27 years prior), the upcoming World War II-set drama “Six Triple Eight” and the thriller “Mea Culpa.” Endeavor and TKO CEO Ari Emanuel teased the new pact at Bloomberg Media’s Screentime conference on Oct.

Netflix has released a new trailer for reality series Squid Game: The Challenge – check it out above.Based on Hwang Dong-hyuk’s Korean survival drama, the reality show sees 456 contestants from around the world compete in various challenges inspired by the series for a $4.56million cash prize.A synopsis reads: “As they compete through a series of games inspired by the original show – plus surprising new additions – their strategies, alliances, and character will be put to the test while competitors are eliminated around them.”As shown in the trailer, the show’s anmatronic doll returns for Red Light, Green Light, while the elevated glass bridge and honeycomb games from the series are also represented.It also shows some of the dynamics between contestants, as one remarks: “You can’t trust anybody in here.”The 10-episode season debuts on November 22, with new episodes premiering weekly through to December 6. The series is produced by Studio Lambert and The Garden.The streaming service announced a second season of Squid Game was in development in June last year.

The Pogues frontman Shane MacGowan has been praying for "peace and love" during his current hospital stay, his wife Victoria Mary Clarke has shared. Sharing a photo of Shane, 65, on X, formerly Twitter, Victoria gave fans an update on her husband's health, as she penned the caption: "Shane is praying for peace and love [heart emoji] for everyone in the world @ShaneMacGowan @poguesofficial." Fans were quick to send well-wishes to the singer, with one writing: "Speedy recovery Shane. Sensing love to you both" And another added: "Lovely! Thank you, Shane! We're also sending great energy right back at you, legend!" "Thank you Shane and Victoria.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief Along with the expansion of streaming, among the unintended consequences of COVID and the SAG-AFTRA actors strike has been global consumers’ growing consumption of non-English-language films and TV shows. That in turn has elevated familiarity with and acceptance of Asian local shows and Asian performers – not just those riding the Korean wave.

Post Malone delivered a live cover of Alice In Chains‘ ‘Them Bones’ during a recent radio session – watch the performance below.The ‘Austin’ rapper/singer-songwriter put a stripped-back acoustic spin on the Seattle rock band’s signature 1992 single while appearing on The Howard Stern Show this Tuesday (October 17).“Hey, Howard, hopefully I don’t fuck these lyrics up,” Posty said as he introduced the cover (via Consequence). The artist sang in his gravelly tone and finished the rendition with an acappella bark of “Ah!“.“Fucked it up there, didn’t I?” he said at the end of the rendition.

Selome Hailu “Survivor” and “The Amazing Race” both shifted to 90-minute episodes this fall, and those extra half-hours have come with solid returns, especially in terms of multiplatform viewership. Viewership of the first two episodes of “Survivor” Season 45 on streaming — counting Paramount+ as well as the CBS website and app — has increased by 83% when compared to the first two episodes of Season 43, which aired last fall. The overall audience, including views on CBS, DVR and VOD, has increased by 6%.

That didn’t take long. Skydance Animation has found a new home, signing a multi-year agreement with Netflix to develop and produce animated movies to be released directly on Netflix. This deal means Skydance’s full existing animated feature slate will be released exclusively on Netflix.

Post Malone has recalled the time he received high praise from Taylor Swift for his 2018 track ‘Better Now’.Speaking with Howard Stern on SiriusXM, the American rapper and singer remembered a backstage encounter with the pop sensation, who revealed she was a fan of Posty’s single from his album ‘Beerbongs & Bentleys’.“We were just passing by and she was like, ‘Oh my God! Nice to see you. ‘Better Now’ is fucking’ amazing!’,” he remembered Swift enthusing (via Billboard).“And I was like, ‘What?’That’s fucking crazy, you’re a great fucking songwriter! Thank you so very much.’”The artist was especially touched by the ‘Midnights’ star’s praise, sharing: “There’s so many beautiful artists in the world and for another artist to acknowledge that is a really, really bitchin’ thing.

When Netflix announced in April that it’s planning to spend $2.5 billion on Korean content across the next four years, on top of the more than $1 billion already spent since 2016, it made the world sit up and take notice.

Post Malone will be collaborating with Apex Legends for “two weeks of beautiful mayhem” in an upcoming crossover event.In the announcement to X, Post Malone was shown in a video to be prone on the floor and then calling out, “Can someone res me? Yo!” in an echoey room. Check it out below:Get ready for two weeks of beautiful mayhem #ApexLegends pic.twitter.com/q4OEzyvmUQ— Post Malone (@PostMalone) October 16, 2023That was the extent of the information about what this event might be about, though it was confirmed to start on November 7 and assumedly end on November 21.Also, the end of the video showed what seemed to be a new Octane skin, though it’s not known whether or not this will be a free addition or unlocked through challenges in the crossover event.Apex Legends has crossed over with a number of other games, films and TV shows, such as Star Wars, Mass Effect, Power Rangers and more.

The actors’ strike is still ongoing, but we’re learning which TV shows are being given priority by both Netflix and HBO once stars are allowed to return to work and begin filming again.

Hunter Ingram SPOILER ALERT: This story contains spoilers for all eight episodes of “The Fall of the House of Usher,” now streaming on Netflix, and several works of Edgar Allan Poe that have been available to read for more than 150 years. Mike Flanagan never met a haunted house he didn’t want to peel back the wallpaper on and see what horrors lurk beneath. At Netflix, the writer/director has become a Halloween staple by exploring the hallowed halls of novelists Shirley Jackson (“The Haunting of Hill House”) and Henry James (“The Haunting of Bly Manor”).